
Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy
The following is a list of various types of marble according to location.
(NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.
Africa
Egypt
- Galala Marble
- Sinai Pearl Marble
- Milly Grey Marble
- Sunny Marble
- Alabaster Marble
- Shanghi Marble
- Eleuigion Marble
- Lepuretya Marble
Ethiopia
- Daleti marble, Western Welega: white, white with grey veins and other colours[1]
- Enda Tikurir marble, Western Tigray
- Newi marble, Central Tigray
- Akmara marble, Central Tigray
- Dichinamo marble, Western Tigray
Tunisia
- Giallo antico, also known as Numidian marble (marmor numidicum in Latin), was a yellow marble quarried in Roman times from the area of Chemtou, ancient Simmithu
Asia
China
- Hàn Bái Yǜ Marble (Chinese: 汉白玉) A type of white marble used in China for building and sculpting.
India
- Makrana Marble
Europe
Belgium
Czech Republic

- Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from Český Šternberk, Benešov District: white</ref>
- Pernštejn marble (pernštejnský mramor) from Nedvědice, Brno-Country District: white
- Nehodiv marble (nehodivský mramor) from Nehodiv, Klatovy District: grey
- Lipová marble (lipovský mramor) from Horní Lipová, Jeseník District: dark and light-coloured
- Sněžník marble (sněžníkovský mramor) from Horní Morava, Ústí nad Orlicí District: light-coloured
- Supíkovice marble (supíkovický mramor) from Supíkovice, Jeseník District: grey-white
Marble mis-nomers:
- Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured[lower-alpha 3]
- Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins[lower-alpha 4]
- Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy[lower-alpha 5]
- Křtiny marble (křtinský mramor) from Křtiny, Blansko District: grey, rosy, reddish[lower-alpha 6]
- Slivenec marble (slivenecký mramor), from Barrandien, Slivenec and Radotín (Cikánka, Horní Kopanina, Na Špičce, Hvížďalka quarries), Prague: reddish, rose, brown, grey, spotted with veins[lower-alpha 7]
France
Germany
- Auerbach marble
- Crottendorf marble
- Saalburg violet
- Wunsiedel Marble
Greece

Green of Styra, Euboea
- Green of Styra or Styron Evia Green, near Styra on the island Euboea (silicate marble)
- Hymettus marble
- Parian marble
- Pentelic marble
- Skyros breccia
- Thassos marble[3]
- Portosanta marble
Ireland
- Connemara marble, a serpentine marble
- Kilkenny marble
Italy
- Arabescato marble
- Calacata marble
- Carrara marble
- Candoglia marble
- Lasa marble
- Red Verona marble[lower-alpha 8]
- Rosso di Levanto marble[lower-alpha 9]
- Siena marble
North Macedonia
- Sivec (Bianco Sivec)
Norway
- Fauske marble
Poland
- Marianna marble or Krzyżnik, marble from the Śnieżnik Mountains near Stronie Śląskie[4]
Portugal
- Rosa aurora marble
Romania
- Bucova marble
- Rușchița marble
Russia
Spain
- Crema Marfil[lower-alpha 10]
- Macael marble
- Negro Marquina[lower-alpha 11]
- Veteado Rio
- Emperador[lower-alpha 12]
- Negro Fantasia
- Saltador
Sweden
- Swedish green marble
- Ekeberg marble
Turkey
- Prokonnesos marble
- Pavonazzo marble
United Kingdom
North America

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, USA, is made of Yule marble.
United States
Oceania
New Zealand
See also
Notes
- ↑ limestone
- ↑ reef limestone
- ↑ limestone
- ↑ limestone
- ↑ upper Devonian limestone
- ↑ Devonian limestone, occasionally limestone breccia
- ↑ limestone, occasionally limestone breccia: From old times quarried by the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star order which received the Slivenec village in 1253 from Wenceslaus I Přemyslid, the Bohemian king. In 1923, the order sold the quarries to a private company.
- ↑ nodular, fossiliferous limestone
- ↑ serpentinite, occasionally ophicalcite
- ↑ micritic limestone
- ↑ bituminous limestone
- ↑ limestone
- ↑ Carboniferous Limestone
- ↑ stromatolitic limestone
- ↑ crinoidal limestone
- ↑ crinoidal limestone
- ↑ fossiliferous limestone
- ↑ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ↑ fossiliferous freshwater limestone
- ↑ fanglomerate
- ↑ oolitic limestone
- ↑ limestone
References
- ↑ Tom Heldal, Haileyesus Walle: Building-stones of Ethiopia. GSU, NGU, Addis Ababa / Trondheim 2002, p. 30.
- ↑ "Dekorační kameny ČR - úvodní stránka".
- ↑ "Thassos Marble - Extra Select Quality and Largest Supplier in the USA". www.megamarbleatl.com. Retrieved Oct 21, 2022.
- ↑ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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